Dancers pay tribute to Paew
National Artists will raise funds for the Thanpuying |Paew Snidvongseni Memorial Fund
To celebrate the 109th anniversary of the birth of Thailand’s first national artist in the performing arts, Thanpuying Paew Snidvongseni, her descendants, the Thanpuying’s memorial fund, her former students and the Fine Arts Department’s Office of Performing Arts are stage two charity performances on December 23 at the National Theatre.
They will feature the classical-dance master’s most celebrated works – the Sukhothai Dance, Manohra Dance of Sacrifice (an episode from the lakhon chatri play “Phra Suthon and Manohra”), the Chuichai Hanao Dance, excerpts from the lakhon nok play “Kawee” and a khon masked dance from the Ramakien, “The Defeat of Kakanasura”.
Onstage will be three other National Artists who, as Thanpuying Paew’s most prominent prot
